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California · Placer County

Conrad

Unconfirmed Gold Underground

Key facts

State
California
County
Placer
Mining district
Ophir
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Gold
Verification
Unconfirmed

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former lode Au-Pb occurrence/mine located in the S½NE¼ sec. 17, T12N, R8E, MDM, 0.6 km (0.4 mile) WSW of Duncan Hill (coordinates of record) (on nthe lower W slope of the hill) (1½ miles W of Auburn), on private (patented) land. The property comprise…

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Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • USGS MRDS working type: Underground
  • MRDS work_type documents underground workings: Underground · work_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • Quartz
  • Galena
  • Gold
  • Galena
  • Native Gold
  • Quartz

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 85210

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (3)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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